God Cod almighty! She would have been able to hang that stuff on the front of my jumpsuit.:D

Pierced nipples, then AR1, or are you a 46DD ?

48FF - since I left, and theres no fitness requirement, its just piled on...

http://thunderbirds.sfdaydreams.com/...felevcars2.jpg

http://www.flug-revue.rotor.com/FRhe...2/FR0412c1.JPG

Must return to this thread when I have a compurer with sound....

That Superthunderstingcar looks good!

Who would have guessed that my cherry busting post on this site after years of lurking around would concern the programme U.F.O. As a fan of this show the first time around my friends and I got to sit in the cars that are featured in the show, there where only ever two of them and they where kit cars based on an American Ford of the time. They toured the UK visiting Ford main dealers and where to be honest a bit disappointing, the body work being fibre glass was well knackered and held together by gaffer tape, the insides where basic and one of them needed to be pushed into the showroom!
It put me off Fords and intergalactic war for years.

Lt Ellis
 

I have several vhs tapes of UFO, and watch them regularly, as for Lt Ellis (Gabrielle Drake), she just got better and better with age. I remember seeing her at the theatre royal in Bath, while in her forties. She was still stunning in a white Basque and suspenders!
I have just noticed that there appears to be a world outside my window...Maybe I should get out more!

Oh, have any Ppruner's noticed that Commander Straker (Ed Bishop) provides the narration for lots of aviation video's.

Keef,

Welcome.

I sat in the latest Thunderbirds Ford thing a couple of years ago, and was amazed at the quality of workmanship. But don't get me going on kit cars, some of them, frankly, should only come out at night. Awful things, some of 'em.

Aaaw, what the heck.. why not.

http://www.priceofhistoys.com/wp-con...6/05/ugly3.jpg

AR1 - I suggest sumo as a second career : all the food you can eat and some lower ranking bloke to wipe your ar$e (similar to the Household Division, with the advantages of more stimulating conversation and a less maintenance intensive uniform.)

I was imediately reminded of the SHIELD Helicarier, but that's my Marvel bias.

Aviate 1138- I'm as jealous as hell. I grew up with T'birds, Scarlet et al.
:-)

AR1 - Dont tease me ;-)

As for the cars, didn't "The Hair Cornflake" AKA DLT attend Radio 1 roadshows with Ed Straker's car? I understand he (allegedly) used to have it transported on a trailer to within the last mile or so, then drive the last bit in the car and open the gull wing door, which took a huge amount of engine/hydraulic pump power to operate. Poser. :}

It's an urban myth that F.A.B. stands for 'forward / fire all boosters' - it doesn't, it's short for Fabulous, as in the Beatles being the FAB FIVE ( not in my book ) etc.

I thought I saw long ago that Ed Straker's 'jet car' was very conventional Rover based ? No, not confusing it with the real jet Rover project.

I believe 'F.A.B.' stands for "Follow as briefed" :ok:

Nah, thats just what all those smooth 1960s gits thought. It was an urbane myth.

"Fully Acknowledged Broadcast" is the popular myth. I prefer "Funderbirds Are Brilliant" myself.

What about that age old 'Liney' pastime "F4rting and Belching" :E

The Beatles were the 'Fab FOUR'!

'FAB' had no meaning; 'SIG' meant 'Spectrum is Green'.

Gabrielle Drake is still looking good at the age of 63! As for how she looked in the '70s, have a look at the movie 'Au Pair Girls' with Richard O'Sullivan in which, as 'Rani Lindstrom' for much of the time she wore just a smile.........:ok: There is a tenuous aviation link - in the opening credits at Heathrow (so I'm told :hmm:), you can just see the tail of the ill-fated Trident G-ARPI being removed following a ground accident. An Airspeed Ambassador went out of control when a flap actuating rod failed on final approach, it then collided with 2 Tridents and the terminal building.

As Lt Gay Ellis, Gabrielle Drake certainly improved the quality of 'UFO':

And I always thought that it was a Ford Cortina base.....:confused:
watp,iktch

Actually, they were based on the Zephyr Mk IV chassis and were built by Alan Mann racing.

...and the lovely Gabrielle Drake wasn't the only one: